I've always liked Spell Focus. I hate people saving against my spells.
What kind of spells do you see yourself casting? I decide my feats based on what my specialization was. You went conjuration I think?
Spell Focus Conjuration and Augment Summoning are both must haves.
It's pretty early for metamagic, isnt it? Craft Wonderous, Spell Spec and Augment Summoning are all pretty solid. (Although the last two are no good to you without spell focus)
Are we going to see the Halfhand begin summoning horrible beasties now that he has second level spells? I feel like we could use the additional meat on the field.
Honestly? I probably wasn't going to even start summoning until I got 3rd-level spells. The only creature worth its salt at this level is the small Earth Elemental.
What kind of spells do you see yourself casting? I decide my feats based on what my specialization was. You went conjuration I think?
Conjuration and Illusion fit the Halfhand's shadow-magic best, I think. Having the two side-by-side functions as a nice little manifestation of his madness and inability to discern what is real and what is not.
On the flip-side, he'll be avoiding Divination and Necromancy almost religiously, as nothing terrifies him as much as the thought of his own mortality.
That said, Spell Focus (Conj) is probably the best choice. I don't think I was planning on Augment Summoning when I first made him, but I can't find where I wrote the plan down, so...
+7hp (+4 base, +2 con, +1 favoured class)
+1 fort
+1 ref
2nd level spells (3/day)
Glitterdust
Flaming Sphere
Feats
Spell Focus (Conjuration)
Skills
(Dungeoneering) +1
(Geography) +1
(History) +1
(Nobility) +1
(Planes) +1
(Religion) +1
Spellcraft +1
Stealth +1
Nothing too exciting, but doubles the sneak attack is welcome.
5 + 3 = 8 hp
+1 BaB
+1 Fort and WIll
Rogue Ability = +2d8 knife sneak attack, blade sense +1
Feat = Nimble Moves
+1 to Acrobatics, Disable Device, Intimidate, Know Nature, Know Geog., Perception, Ride, Slight of Hand, Survival, Stealth
I updated Hilde's online character sheet and will update her alias tomorrow. There were significant changes once I changed my feat, despite my only taking another level in paladin.
She's now a sword/shield two weapon fighting paladin. I'm hoping it will make her a better defensive tank.
Here's a rough bunch of equipment tables for Team Slushee.
You may need to play around with the view to get it to proper spreadsheet form. Or you might not. Turning on the 'Compact Controls' setting also helps. If all goes well, each page should fit on a standard computer screen without having to scroll around. There's a tab at the bottom for each character, as well as an unsorted tab with the new loot in it.
Most items are there, but don't have weight or gp values yet. It's open for anyone to edit (I think), so feel free to add those if you like. I'll get around to it eventually either way.
Type values into the yellow areas and don't edit the grey text (as those are formulas). Once those are in, it'll tell you how much weight you're carrying at the bottom as well as your total character wealth. The Halfhand's tables are done, if you want an example.
I couldn't open Hilde's sheet for some reason, so that one's still blank.
First KS game this year I've thought worth sharing
Looks like a very cool gritty dungeon crawly thingamabob.
Backed@ Early Bird Adventurer level - very cool looking indeed... just my cuppa chah
Cheers for the heids up Mark :)
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That's pretty damn awesome.
For those that can't switch between tabs on said spreadsheet, switching to "list mode" is all that works on my browser (and I dont seem to be able to edit in that setting).
Two open questions to the party and one for Voice: are we selling this spear, and are we looking at a five way or six way split? And what is the purchase limit on this town? High enough that I'd have a 75% chance of grabbing a mithral chain shirt? I mean to continue their time-honoured tradition of preserving poorly optimized short people.
Selling the spear can be done - but it's a no to the mithral chain shirt.
+2 studded leather armor, a belt of mighty constitution +2, a potion of feather step, +1 arrow catching light wooden shield
2025 in gems and trade goods
2899.9 in coinage+1 manslayer spear (3925gp)
Potion of cure moderate wounds (750 gp)
Scrolls: remove curse (375gp), resist energy (150), 2 liquid ice (80gp), 4 featherstep (100gp)
820.8 each from the coins and gems. Please say if you want to keep any of the potions or scrolls. I am inclined to sell all of them, with the possible exception of the featherstep potions.
I am going to purchase a Masterwork Spiked Light Quickdraw Shield for 259 gp leaving me 561.8. Hilde would like to keep the 4 "ice diamonds" and two of the sapphire rings + 11 gold, 8 silver as her share of the current cash.
If we sell any of the potions, scrolls, or the spear, I will figure the amount of money we each have. I thought that Kelgar wanted the spear. It won't do Hilde much good as she's front line.
The spear's good to sell. Kelgar's more of an axe-dwarf.
The spear would sell for half that, right?
Correct.
Let's keep the consumables, as they can always come in handy. They'd only sell for half anyway, and that's mostly chump-change once it's split six ways. Also, the Pot of CMW is 300, not 750.
All that said, our shares with the spear sold are 1147gp, 9sp.
Feather step pots should go to our slow friends who are crippled by that heavy snow. I can hang on to Resist Energy to learn and either Kelgar or Hilde can grab the Remove Curse. The CMW should probably go to someone who doesn't have their own healing, like Caerb.
Bastagar can put the featherstep to use, and given the trouble us 20speed gnomes have had in the deep snow, I say we definitely should keep the feather step
Works for me. I would like to buy a masterwork light spiked shield for 259. With money left over from before, this leaves me with 937.9 gold. If no one minds, I'll take the flawless diamond (500gp), three of the blue diamonds(100gp each) and one of the amethyst rings (75 gp) with 62 gold and 9 silver in cash.
Please let me know if there are any problems with this purchase. 8)
I'm at a loss for what Bastagar should spend his gold on here. Alchemical items and scrolls, perhaps?
I don't know if scrolls would be available for purchase in this town. Just hang on to your money until you've got enough for something substantial, I'd say.
What kind of armor are Bastagar and Cearb wearing now?
And how much are the +2 studded leather and the Belt of Constitution?
I thought about getting my masterwork strength bow, but considering how often I would shoot it, decided to pass. I've no problem saving my money, but I'd give my money to either of the gnomes to buy either of the two magic items in a second.
They'd be 4,000gp and 4,175gp respectively if I'm not mistaken. Bastagar is in leather, and I consistently keep forgetting to roll my arcane spell failure chance. Too many bards... I'm hesitant to take my spell failure chance too much higher (i.e., wear a chain shirt) but I'm hoping to have either a mithral chain shirt and arcane armour training or a wand of mage armour in the next level or two.
We will have to try to pick them up later. There is just no way we can afford something like that now. Even if all three of us fey threw our money in the pot, we'd still come up way short.
I have forgotten if we have picked up a wand for healing, yet?
Given how much a pain it is to move in the snow as we learned, I'd think we all might want to carry potions of featherstep at some point, too.
I forgot to post this earlier...
Level: +1 Inquisitor
HP: +9 (5 base, 3 con, 1 favorted)
Spells: (0) Detect Magic, (1) Expeditious Retreat
Skills +7
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Intimidate
+1 Know Dungeon
+1 Perception
+1 Sense Motive
+1 Swim
Feat: Power Attack
Teamwork Feat: Lookout
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How come every time we're about to enter a battle in this campaign this song comes to mind?
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I was actually thinking this little ditty would make a good theme song for the Black Hus.
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Aye, definitely a good one!
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Damn good songs.
And then there is also this for the Songs O' The Black Hus :)
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Fencing destroyed me last night - updates through the course of the day.
If we hang back you'll need to magic missle the heck outta them, as we're pretty light on range weaponry. IF we drop any that might draw them out? Flipside is we have to weather the hail of crossbow bolts and while we should be okay AC wise - if they do hit it'll likely be a crit which will bite all the deeper.
Rushing them is a definite option. Am still hazy on the actual demographics of the guards - if they are above us/behind a barrier then we still could get nailed ahead of getting our hands on them..
Am torn. If they present clear targets we rush, if nei then perhaps soften them up...
You've clear lines to the ontes on the ground and they are outside of the ice barrier / walls
Well in that case lets get bloddy ;)
Ouch for a surprise round response.
Also, not that it would change the way those rolls went, VoV, buy why the surprise round? Both groups are beginning the fight knowing the other one is there. I would have thought a normal 1st round was in order.
Mostly an academic question, as I'm not asking for a retcon. Just to know what to expect moving forward.
The guards captain made his sense motive - hence was on the ball enough to react in the surprise. Had he not, then Rikka/Skane would've gotten a freebie surprise round themselves when they broke into red handed song.
Those out by the wood were a bit removed and therefore fade into action on round 1.
RAW it's not the usual, but I thought it would serve to represent the sudden outbreak of hostilities and the fact those at the gate would react slightly quicker.
Skane is pretty fecked 10/35HP - however I'm hopefully giving them some pause with my defiant last stand...
Rikka your call regards alerting the others or standing firm. Feel free to ignore my tactical thoughts - IF she can bring the thunder in the others, then do it...
I for one am loving the brutality of the attack. thought it would be a Forlorn Hope but what's the fun in stealth and safety lol.
DMVoV - Ragnar would be proud nei ;)
I am slammed and behind on my studying but struggling to keep up. Please be a bit patient with me in the next week or so and if another can step up for some of the talking, I'd really appreciate it.
My study program has my whole day scheduled, 8am to 11pm with 3 half hour breaks. Needless to say, it's unrealistic and so I'm falling behind. 8(
No problems Hilde - I'll roll through the chat with *redacted* and give feedback to the other PCs.
2k posts - congrats to my fellow Black Husmates :)
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:: does the 2k Shuffle ::
I realize I'm a couple of years late on this, but I just started watching Vikings (the tv show).
Holy.
Freaking.
Crap!
Verily man-flu hath descended upon me.
Updates when brain is not mush.
Man-flu gone.... toddler no-sleep rampage hath taken its place.
Eesh. Good luck with that!
Glad the man-flu is gone.
Doctors in Training is kicking my butt. Looking forward to Step 1 of my boards being over.
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So guys what's our strategy? My thoughts are we need to keep the sheildwall in tact at least 3 of us (with Skane in the middle - so others can benefit from his abilities?)
Am actually thinking of a strategy like Rollo's (around 0:50 into the trailer for Annalisa? Raging leaping Trow slaya! ;)
My boy is wounded but unlikely we'll have the time to heal as we need to move...
Open to suggestions - but we need to nail down a strategy as flatbowmen + Iss Trow could be a very nasty encounter. And Hel know's what else the tower holds.
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My assumption is that they shield wall up and someone leaps the wall to get at the back ranks of their foe? In which case, I COMPLETELY AGREE!
I outlined this in the discussion (and in character), but the summary is this. We form up, Skane and Rikka on the front line, with Anna and Klo behind. We full defensive + single move forward each round while they reload. Kath can join up (at which point Klo will step to the front row and join the shield wall), and Kath can continue putting heals where they're needed.
Hopefully we'll be able to blunt another volley as we close the gap, at which point, we'll pounce on the troll. Hopefully we can down her before she and the crossbowmen can take any of us down, then we can figure out what to do.
Basically, it's what i see as the best of rikka's and skane's suggestions. I don't love the idea of those archers having another round of fire on us, but we're also not close enough to the troll right now to be able to all hit her at once. If Anna goes right now, she's the only one able to get into melee this round... which could be really bad for her. I'd prefer for all of us to hit her at once with as much firepower as we can bring to bear.
Heh. The clip is from Season 2 so yeah, my bad should have spoilered it!
Apologies hombre.